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Kibbee Farmstead

Picture of property 1500 Haskell Avenue
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Apr 16, 2013

Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: agricultural outbuilding; animal facility; single dwelling; storage
Architectural Style(s): Colonial Revival; Other
Thematic Nomination: Historic Agriculture Related Resources of Kansas

Walter and Fannie Kibbee developed a small 15-acre farmstead on the outskirts of Lawrence in the early 20th century. They raised small numbers of cattle, milk cows, poultry, and swine, produced butter and eggs for sale, and farmed a few acres in alfalfa and other crops. They sold the farm in 1920 to Conrad and Bertha Altenbernd, who farmed the property until 1947. The property was annexed by the City of Lawrence in 1959. Today, the collection of six farm buildings is now within the city limits amongst mid-20th century development. The buildings include a Dutch Colonial Revival-style residence, gable-roof barn, chicken house, outhouse, garage, and shed. The farmstead displays an abundant use of concrete, a popular building material on Kansas farmsteads in the 1910s. It was nominated as part of the Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas multiple property nomination for its local significance in the areas of agriculture and architecture.



Klock's Grocery & Independent Laundry

Picture of property 900 Mississippi St
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jul 12, 2019

Architect: Unknown
Area of Significance: commerce
Architectural Style(s): Commercial
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of Lawrence (2014 post-WWII resources)

Klock’s Grocery and Independent Laundry, located at 900 Mississippi Street in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under the Historic Resources of Lawrence (Amended) under Criterion A in Commerce and in Ethnic Heritage/ German American. It is locally significant as an example of the evolution of commerce in the surrounding community by a prominent businessman, Fred Klock, of German American decent. Anchored near the historic town center, Klock’s Grocery and Independent Laundry reflects the early 20th-century commercial development in Lawrence, as well as the common mid-century upgrade with its 1959 remodel. It illustrates the City’s commercial patterns, which resulted in the practicality of the use and space. Fred Klock, and his extended family, had a long association with the German American community in Lawrence, and the subject property housed a key commercial enterprise in the community. The period of significance represents the original construction of the building (1921-22) through the subsequent mid-century alterations and industry changes (1969). The building retains historic integrity of association, location, setting, and feeling.



Knud Anderson Farmstead

Picture of property 1862 N. 700 Rd.
Vinland (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Mar 21, 2023

Architect: Lewis Swanson, Fred Morton
Area of Significance: Agricultural District
Architectural Style(s): Other
Thematic Nomination: Historic Agriculture Related Resources of Kansas

The Knud Anderson Farmstead is located in eastern Douglas Co. just beyond unincorporated Vinland. The farmstead consists of a stone house, bank barn, smokehouse, granaries, garage and horse stable. The period of importance begins with the earliest extant building from 1868 and continues through 1972. It is an excellent example of a farmstead as one of the oldest and most intact in the area.



Lane-Duncan Stable

Picture of property 1132 W 11th Street
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in State Register Aug 13, 2011

Architect: undetermined
Area of Significance: agricultural outbuilding; secondary structure
Architectural Style(s): Other

The Lane-Duncan stable is built into the eastern slope of a steep hill located along the northern edge of the campus of the University of Kansas. It is oriented to the east and once had a commanding view of downtown Lawrence and the Kansas River valley, but trees and twentieth-century development have obscured that view. Despite exhaustive research of the historical record, much of this building's early history remains unknown. What is known about this building is that its vernacular Gothic Revival limestone architecture is reflective of the settlement period and that it is a rare surviving example of a stone outbuilding within the current city limits of Lawrence. It is located on south half of James H. Lane's original landholdings. Lane, who likely commissioned the construction of the building, was an important political figure in the early history of Lawrence and Kansas, and this property could yield information about his property holdings. Additionally, the property's subsequent owner, Wesley Duncan, comes from another locally prominent family, and further study of the building could yield information about his use of the structure. In the case of both men, this is the earliest extant resource left on their landholdings. The building was nominated for its architecture and potential to yield information important in history.



Lane-Greenlees House

Picture of property 714 Mississippi Street
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in State Register Feb 21, 2009

Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements

The Greenlees House, located near the historic Old West Lawrence neighborhood, represents five building phases spanning nearly 50 years. Early Kansas Senator James Lane built the first phase of this house in circa 1863 and sold it to newspaper publisher Charles Faris in 1865 whose family made a small addition and occupied the house until 1880. John Greenlees purchased the house in 1893 and lived there until his death in 1947. Greenlees made his fortune in real estate and developing and managing oil interests, and founded the Mutual Oil Company in 1909. Between 1899 and 1911, Greenlees doubled the size of the house by expanding it west and north. He consolidated the house stylistically into an updated and coherent, early 20th century residence with a new comprehensive roof system, large cross gables, and a large front porch with Classical Revival pillars. The resulting appearance resembled a large four-over-four house type. The property was nominated for its associations with entrepreneur John Greenlees.



Lane University

Picture of property
Lecompton (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Mar 24, 1971

Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: college
Architectural Style(s): Other



Lawrence's Downtown Historic District

Picture of property generally along Massachusetts St., bet. 6th Ave. and S. Park St.
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jul 15, 2004

Architect: N/A
Area of Significance: commercial district
Architectural Style(s): Late Victorian; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of Lawrence (2001)



Lecompton Constitution Hall

Picture of property 319 Elmore
Lecompton (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register May 14, 1971

National Historic Landmark, 5/30/1974

Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: meeting hall
Architectural Style(s): Other

During 1857 this building was one of the busiest and most important in Kansas Territory. Thousands of settlers and speculators filed claims in the United States land office on the first floor. Upstairs the district court periodically met to try to enforce the territorial laws. The Lecompton Constitutional Convention met that fall in the second-floor assembly room to draft a constitution to gain statehood for Kansas. Newspaper correspondents from across the country gathered to report on the meetings. Many Americans feared a national civil war if the convention could not satisfy both proslavery and antislavery forces. They created a document that protected slavery no matter how the people of Kansas Territory voted. Eventually the Lecompton Constitution was defeated at the national level. It never went into effect. The building is owned by the State of Kansas and managed by the Kansas Historical Society.



Ludington House

Picture of property 1613 Tennessee
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register May 14, 1971

Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Italian Villa



Mackie, George K., House

Picture of property 1941 Massachusetts St
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jul 8, 2009

Architect: Drake, H. Alexander
Area of Significance: single dwelling; clubhouse
Architectural Style(s): Neoclassical; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of Lawrence (2001)

George Mackie commissioned this impressive Neoclassical Revival-style residence in 1917. It is located on a large corner lot south of downtown Lawrence on Massachusetts Street. Mackie’s family first settled in Cherokee County in 1883 when he was just 15 years old. He grew up around the coal-mining industry, and in 1906, he organized the George K. Mackie Fuel Company. The Mackie-Clemens Coal Company is still in business in Crawford County. In 1937, Mackie's widow sold the house to the Lawrence Women's Club, which used it as a place for social gatherings and meetings until 1975. The house, designed by H. Alexander Drake of Kansas City, is a textbook example of the Neoclassical Revival style and includes such features as a monumental portico, side wing porch, roofline and front porch balustrades, and heavy window and door surrounds. It was nominated as part of the "Historic Resources of Lawrence" multiple property lubmission for its architectural significance.



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